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• Jury asks questions on reasonable doubt

  15-01-2018 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 15: The jury in the trial of three men accused of criminal negligence in the Lac Megantic train fire had a question for the judge today, the first time they’d be heard from since they began deliberating last Friday. Mike Armstrong was in the courtroom when lawyers discussed their question.
  
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• Winter driving tips

  15-01-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 15: Winter driving can be daunting at times, even for the most experienced drivers. Global’s Felicia Parrillo went back to driving school Tuesday to get some winter driving safety tips from the experts. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• West Island snow removal problems?

  15-01-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 15: After a storm system dumped 36 cm over the island of Montreal, some West Island residents complain that snow removal is painfully slow this winter. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Man stabbed in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

  15-01-2018 23:35 via montrealgazette.com
  A 34-year-old man was stabbed in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Monday afternoon.
  Around 3 p.m., Montreal police received a 911 call about an incident on Adam St., near de la Salle Ave. 
  According to early information gathered by investigators, witnesses said a conflict erupted between the victim and two suspects. The man suffered a “major injury” to his forearm after being stabbed, police said. 
  The suspects had fled the scene by the time police officers arrived, and
  
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• Liveblog: Islanders at Canadiens

  15-01-2018 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Let’s call it the Anticlimax Bowl.
  On Saturday night, the Canadiens put up a valiant effort against a team that is – let’s be honest here – better than they are. 
  Sunday featured an NFL classic in Minnesota.
  That brings us to Monday: Still bitterly cold in Montreal, and the work week is beginning with the third Monday night game of the Canadiens’ season.
  A bit of Monday history:
  • On Oct. 30, Tom Pyatt scored 21 seconds into the game at the Canadian Tire C
  
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• Alouettes release QB Darian Durant

  15-01-2018 23:28 via montrealgazette.com
  The Alouettes have released quarterback Darian Durant, a day before he was set to receive a $150,000 bonus.
  General manager Kavis Reed acquired the veteran from Saskatchewan, trading two draft picks, and then signed Durant to a three-year, $1.25-million contract.
  But after the team went 3-15 in 2017, with Durant having more interceptions (16) than touchdowns (15), the team gave Durant an ultimatum: restructure his contract or be released. Last week, the team signed former NFL quarterback Josh Fr
  
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• Slow down: Tips on driving safe in the winter

  15-01-2018 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  Experts give safety tips on driving in the winter.
  
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• CRARR backs call for public consultations on systemic racism

  15-01-2018 23:10 via montrealgazette.com
  A former Projet Montréal candidate’s call for a public consultation on systemic racism has received support from Montreal’s Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR).
  In a statement published on Monday, CRARR said it supported a call by Balarama Holness, who ran unsuccessfully as borough mayor in Montreal North during the Nov. 5 municipal election, that a public consultation be held on the issue.
  Holness made headlines in December when he promised to launch legal ac
  
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• Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante defends budget as 'courageous'

  15-01-2018 23:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Don’t expect a reprieve.
  Mayor Valérie Plante says she has no intention of backing down on the 3.3 per cent municipal tax hike announced in her budget last week.
  On Monday, a reporter asked her: Is there any chance she will lower the rate of increase?
  “No, because I don’t have the flexibility to do that,” Plante answered.
  She described the budget as “responsible” and “courageous.”
  The 2018 budget was widely panned because it broke Plante&rsq
  
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• Phillip Danault showing signs of concussion after being struck in head

  15-01-2018 23:02 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal Canadiens say centre Phillip Danault has symptoms of a concussion after being struck on the head by a puck.
  
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• Quebec provincial police beef up cold case squad to try to crack unsolved deaths

  15-01-2018 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  The unit will have plenty of work as there are currently about 750 unsolved cases in its jurisdiction, dating back to the 1960s.
  
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• Sûreté du Québec beefs up cold-case squad to try to crack unsolved suspicious deaths

  15-01-2018 22:34 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police will increase sixfold the number of officers assigned to the force's cold-case squad, aiming to tackle a backlog of unsolved suspected homicides dating back more than 50 years.
  
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• Winston Sih is live from The Bahamas (well, someone’s gotta do it) and you could be too! Watch tomorrow to find out… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-01-2018 21:39
  Winston Sih is live from The Bahamas (well, someone’s gotta do it) and you could be too! Watch tomorrow to find out… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Montreal won't say if it supports day of action against Islamophobia

  15-01-2018 21:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal plans to commemorate the Quebec mosque massacre but it’s unclear if it would support a “day of action against Islamophobia.” 
  Muslim groups have proposed making Jan. 29 — the anniversary of the Quebec City shooting rampage that left six Muslim men dead — an annual day of action against Islamophobia.
  On Monday, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante did not answer directly when asked whether she would support such a day.
  “Right now, we’re
  
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• Lac-Mégantic jurors ask judge first questions on Day 5 of deliberations

  15-01-2018 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  The jurors, who have been sequestered since Thursday, are deciding the fate of Tom Harding, Richard Labrie and Jean Demaitre.
  
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• Fourth-quarter real-estate sales up 9% in Montreal

  15-01-2018 21:25 via montrealgazette.com
  The number of residential real-estate sales in the Montreal region during the fourth quarter was up nine per cent when compared with the equivalent period in 2016, according to the Quebec Federation of Real Estate Boards.
  But it wasn’t the fastest-growing market in the province.
  Trois-Rivières saw sales rise by 20 per cent during the same period.
  In both markets, median prices rose by five per cent. 
  The number of active listings in the Montreal region was down 12 per cent
  
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• Quebec politicians say day against Islamophobia is too controversial

  15-01-2018 21:24 via montrealgazette.com
  A proposed day of action against Islamophobia is getting some pushback in Quebec City.
  Canadian Muslim groups wrote Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking for Jan. 29 to be made a national day of action against Islamophobia. 
  The date marks the day in 2017 when a man walked into a Quebec City mosque and started shooting — killing six people and injuring 19 others. A crowdfunding campaign is seeking to raise $400,000 for a wheelchair-accessible home for one of the victims.
  Quebec’s
  
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• Sûreté du Québec beefs up cold case squad

  15-01-2018 21:23 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec will significantly hike the number of officers assigned to its cold case squad in the coming months as it aims to tackle a backlog of unsolved slayings dating back more than 50 years.
  The unit’s membership will increase to nearly 30 from five and will have a presence in the Montreal area and Quebec City, a spokeswoman for the force said Monday
  Lt. Martine Asselin explained that regular investigators often have to respond to breaking crimes or urgent
  
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• Orange Line partially shut down for emergency

  15-01-2018 21:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The métro’s Orange Line is shut down between the Côte Vertu and Berri-UQAM stations, the STM said Monday afternoon.
  Service is expected to resume around 3:45 p.m. The transit agency is suggesting users take the Green Line instead.
  This report will be updated.
  
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• Ontario man ran site selling billions of pieces of personal data: RCMP

  15-01-2018 21:06 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — An Ontario man who allegedly peddled information from an online database containing 1.5 billion usernames and passwords faces several criminal charges.
  The RCMP accuse Jordan Evan Bloom of Thornhill, Ont., of selling stolen personal identities through the website Leakedsource.com, which had a total of some 3 billion pieces of data.
  Bloom, 27, is charged with offences including trafficking in identity information, unauthorized use of a computer, mischief with data and possession of
  
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• Efforts underway to break up ice jams that flooded a Quebec City neighbourhood

  15-01-2018 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  Heavy equipment had to be brought in to help break up ice jams on the St-Charles River which have been blamed for the flooding.
  
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• Update: Track problems cause RTM commuter train delays Monday morning

  15-01-2018 20:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Commuter train service has been so bad of late, Montreal’s regional transit authority issued a blanket apology to all its customers Monday afternoon. 
  “Dear Commuter Train Users,” begins the message from Stéphane Lapierre, executive director of operations for the Réseau de transport métropolitain, sent to local newsrooms. “It has been a trying start to the year for our commuter train network, mainly because of the extreme weather conditions
  
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• Update: 19% of Montreal streets cleared, smog warning ended

  15-01-2018 20:36 via montrealgazette.com
  After launching the season’s fourth citywide snow removal operation on Sunday evening, Montreal officials reported Monday that 19 per cent of the 36 centimetres of snow that fell on the city since Saturday had been cleared.
  Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, the largest borough in the city, stood at 14 per cent at 2:30 p.m., and in downtown Ville-Marie, 17 per cent of streets were cleared. However some other boroughs — because of a larger residential population or less
  
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• Alouettes trade running-back Brandon Rutley to the B.C. Lions

  15-01-2018 20:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Alouettes general manager Kavis Reed appears to have found a new dance partner with which to trade — Ed Hervey.
  For the second time this winter, the Als and British Columbia Lions have completed a deal.
  Montreal has sent running-back Brandon Rutley to the Lions for future considerations, the team announced on Monday. Earlier this winter, the Als acquired receiver Chris Williams from B.C. for defensive-end Gabriel Knapton.
  Rutley’s trade comes a week after the Als announced the re-sig
  
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• Montreal commuters furious as cold weather delays RTM trains

  15-01-2018 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  Commuters were left out in the bitter cold by train delays.
  
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• Promise tracker: Valérie Plante and Projet Montréal's pledges for first year in office

  15-01-2018 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  In their municipal election platform, Projet Montréal and Valérie Plante laid out 18 goals they would achieve in their first year in office.
  Plante is now Montreal’s mayor and Projet Montréal holds the majority of seats on Montreal’s city council. 
  As their first year in office progresses, the Montreal Gazette is tracking the status of those 18 promises.
  The chart below contains the current status of each promise. It will be regularly updated to reflect new
  
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• NAFTA negotiations loom large over the economy - We speak to @TonyLoffreda https://t.co/94ZROi65wh

  15-01-2018 19:15
  
  NAFTA negotiations loom large over the economy - We speak to @TonyLoffreda https://t.co/94ZROi65wh
  
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• Commuters fed up with RTM train delays

  15-01-2018 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 15: The Réseau de transport métropiltain’s train service has been plagued by consistent delays and as Global’s Dan Spector reports, commuters are fed up.
  
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• Philippe Couillard opposes marking mosque shooting with day against Islamophobia

  15-01-2018 19:05 via cbc.ca
  Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has sided with the largest opposition parties in the National Assembly, balking at a proposal by the National Council of Muslim Canadians to commemorate the victims of last year's mosque shooting with against Islamophobia.
  
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• Update: 17% of Montreal streets cleared, smog warning ended

  15-01-2018 18:29 via montrealgazette.com
  A little over 12 hours after launching the season’s fourth citywide snow removal operation on Sunday evening, Montreal officials reported Monday morning that 17 per cent of the 36 centimetres of snow that fell on the city since Saturday had been cleared.
  Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, the largest borough in the city, stood at 13 per cent just after noon, and in downtown Ville-Marie, 15 per cent of streets were cleared. However some other boroughs — because of a larg
  
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• Montreal startup @adoptamoose wants to help you navigate Ste-Catherine Street construction https://t.co/3Z4h0Foh3X

  15-01-2018 18:13
  
  Montreal startup @adoptamoose wants to help you navigate Ste-Catherine Street construction https://t.co/3Z4h0Foh3X
  
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• RTM commuters say train service is plagued by unexplained delays

  15-01-2018 17:45 via cbc.ca
  Montrealers who use the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM) commuter trains to get to work are growing increasingly frustrated with unexplained delays that leave them either waiting on the freezing platform or cramped inside stalled train cars for upwards of 30 minutes.
  
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• RTM commuters say train service is plagued by delays

  15-01-2018 17:45 via cbc.ca
  Montrealers who use the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM) commuter trains to get to work are growing increasingly frustrated with unexplained delays that leave them either waiting on the freezing platform or cramped inside stalled train cars for upwards of 30 minutes.
  
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• Quebec flooding: Water management agency wants to hear from victims

  15-01-2018 17:44 via montrealgazette.com
  An agency tasked with monitoring the effectiveness of rules that regulate the outflows from Lake Superior and Lake Ontario wants to hear from shoreline property owners on how much of an impact last spring’s flooding had on their homes and businesses.
  The online survey, conducted for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Adaptive Management (GLAM) Committee, asks a variety of questions on the extent of flooding, erosion, damage to shoreline structures, and related damage to residential an
  
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• Quebec schools to get $740 million for renovations in 2018

  15-01-2018 17:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government says it will spend $740 million renovating schools across the province in 2018.
  Education Minister Sébastien Proulx made the announcement in Montreal on Monday morning.
  Montreal’s five school commissions will receive more than $286 million for renovation and maintenance of their buildings. The Commission scolaire de Montréal will receive the largest amount on the island —  $190 million for 178 projects. The English Montreal School Board is to
  
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• City urges patience as Montreal digs out after weekend storm

  15-01-2018 17:03 via cbc.ca
  The cleanup is underway in Montreal after a powerful storm blanketed the city with more than 35 centimetres Saturday.
  
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• Missing teen, 18, found by Montreal police

  15-01-2018 16:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police say they have found an 18 year old who had been missing from her group home in Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve since Jan. 12.
  She was found in the Pointe-aux-Trembles area around 1 a.m. on Monday.
  The young woman is in good condition and was returned to her group home. 
  
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• RTM train delays frustrates commuters

  15-01-2018 16:11 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 15: The RTM train network is being criticized due to consistent delays and frustated commuters speak out. Global’s Dan Spector reports from the Roxboro-Pierrefonds station.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Monday, January 15

  15-01-2018 15:57 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 15: Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, January 15.
  
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• Father Emmett Johns ‘Pops’ remembered by Montreal aid community

  15-01-2018 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  Montrealers mourn Dans la rue founder Father Emmett Johns, affectionately known as ‘Pops.’ Sun Youth co-founder Sid Stevens spoke to Global’s Laura Casella about the legacy Pops leaves behind.
  
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• Activists and CityNews reporter face tension in Lacolle https://t.co/ejWhKoib55

  15-01-2018 15:52
  
  Activists and CityNews reporter face tension in Lacolle https://t.co/ejWhKoib55
  
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• House fire in Rivière-des-Prairies forces evacuation of family of four

  15-01-2018 15:50 via globalnews.ca
  A fire in Rivière-des-Prairies forced the evacuation of a family out of their home Monday morning.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Monday, January 15

  15-01-2018 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Monday, January 15.
  
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• Snowstorm doesn't stop Montrealers from Yoga in the park https://t.co/pjoZMMEqIg

  15-01-2018 15:44
  
  Snowstorm doesn't stop Montrealers from Yoga in the park https://t.co/pjoZMMEqIg
  
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• Personal health: Food for a healthy gut

  15-01-2018 15:08 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 15: Find out which foods will boost your immunity and contribute best to a healthy gut with Global’s Laura Casella and nutritionist Sylvia Meo.
  
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• Track problems cause RTM commuter train delays Monday morning

  15-01-2018 15:02 via montrealgazette.com
  What Montreal’s regional transit authority described Monday morning as a “(track) switching problem” at the Lucien L’Allier station caused delays on the Saint-Jérôme, Candiac and Vaudreuil-Hudson lines.
  The Réseau de transport métropolitain announced at 8:20 a.m. that because of the problem, no trains could access the station, creating a traffic jam for the three commuter lines in the middle of morning rush hour.
  This story will be updated.
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• Hone delivery APP: Anything from anywhere

  15-01-2018 15:01 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 15: Global’s Kim Sullivan finds out about SnapGrab, a Montreal-based shopping APP that could revolutionize home delivery.
  
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• equal pay for equal work

  15-01-2018 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 15: Career Coach & HR specialist Sherri Rabinovith joins Global’s Laura Casella for a discussion on pay equality in the workplace.
  
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• New rapid flu test more accurate than traditional one

  15-01-2018 14:52 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 15: Dr. Jesse Papenburg talks to Global’s Laura Casella about new rapid flu tests that are significantly better at diagnosing the flu in both children and adults than the traditional type.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/liahz3Nm2v

  15-01-2018 14:35
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/liahz3Nm2v
  
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